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Engraving of apes doing human chores in a workshop with a furnace, a pot on a hearth, and a village street visible at right.

Apenspel

An engraving of a reversed world in which apes take over household and workshop tasks: one seated at a furnace blowing through a pipe, another tending a pot over a hearth, and a female ape holding a young one. A village street with figures appears through an open doorway at right.

Artist
Pieter van der Borcht (I)
Date
1558-1608
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 2636 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1608.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Español: Apenspel: monos realizando oficios humanos en un mundo al revés

Un grabado de un mundo al revés en el que los monos asumen tareas del hogar y del taller: uno sentado junto a un horno soplando por una pipa, otro atendiendo una olla sobre un hogar, y una mona sosteniendo a una cría. Por una puerta abierta, a la derecha, se ve una calle de aldea con figuras.

Português: Apenspel: macacos realizando ofícios humanos em um mundo invertido

Uma gravura de um mundo invertido em que os macacos assumem tarefas domésticas e de oficina: um sentado junto a uma fornalha soprando por um cano, outro cuidando de um pote sobre a lareira, e uma macaca segurando um filhote. Por uma porta aberta, à direita, aparece uma rua de aldeia com figuras.

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